Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-03-24
Memorial Services Held by the Senate
in Honor of Senator Hall and
Ex-senator Pfeufer.
The Resolution 10 Adjourn on the 31st
10 BE Strictly Adhered TO by the
HOuseiithe Senate Concurs.
The House Discusses "a Motion to KIN the
General Appropriation for tbs
State Militia.
MEMORIAL. SERVICES

| was draped IN mourning and preparations
were made for the memorial services in
memory of Senator Hall aud ex-senator
Pfeufter, deceased. A few minutes be-
FIRE S O'Clock tonight, the time for be-
! ginning the services, the Senate chamber
| began to fill with ladies and gentlemen,
and when President Wheelef's gaveI
! called the body 10 order the chamber was
comfortably filed. Senator Burgess sent
up resolution in memory OF ex-senator
! Pfeuffer, which read in substance:
| Whereas, since the adjournment of the
! last Legislature the Hon George Pfeuffer,
a member OF the state Senate,
! had died, the resolution then set forth
| fitting trlbIte of respect and requested
that page in the Senate journal be set
apart for the memorial services.
Senator Burgess, speaking to the resou-
ton, said that if ne had consulted his own
! feelings he would have remained silent,
but knowing the deceased as he did and
coming from the district where Hon.
| George Pfeuffer was so well known, he
could not remain silent on an occasion
| when the Senate was holding services in
! honor of the illustrious departed
!
marked tie history of his
life, both public snd private, pronouncing
an eloquent euIogy upon his noble works
and sterling qualities.
| Senator Terrell then sent M the resO-
luton reported by the committee on me-
mortal services, announcing the death of
| Hon. + +. Hall, member Of the Nine
t-enth ald Twentieth Legislatures. The
resolution embodied q tribute 20 the de
ceased Snd requested that the Secretary
! # the Senate furnish the family of the
| deceased with 4 copy of the resolution
and the Senate Journal containing said
memorial page. Speaking 70 the resOlu-
ton Senator Terrell sGiG that Two years
ago the Hon. L +. Hall was q member
OF the Senate and stood upon the floor
and pronounced fitting tribute to the
memory OF Senator Buchanan, then de
ceased, and tonight the Senate was per
forming the same sad Office for him. He
then reCOunted in eloquent language the
trying struggle Of the illustriOus deceased
before deaths final triumph, closing with
q fitting tribute to his memory.
Senator Houston then arose, and said
that he desired to add few words Of re-
speCt for Hon. George Pfeuffer. He then
recOuGted the many excellent qualities of
the deceased and closed his remarks
with glowing tribute.
Senator Claiborne then made motion
that the addresses of the Senators and
the proceedings attending the memorial
services be published in the journal,
which carried.
The Senate then adjourned until 10
O'Clock to morrow morning.
COLLECTION OF TAXES IN UNORGANIZED
COUNTIES.
The Senate substitute 9int resolution
to submit an amendment to section y,
article 8, OF the constitution, which makes
it obligatory upon the Legislature to pro-
vide for the assessment and collection of
state and county taxes upon all property
subject to taxation situated in morgan
iZed counties, came up to day. The OBJ
ject of the amendment is to make non
residents in unOrganiZed counties subject
to the same taxes as the residents Of the
organized counties to which they are at
tached, being for all intents and purposes
a part of the territory controlled by the
organized counties for the time they are
so attached. The advocates of this reso-
luton claim that under the present law
nOn-residents pay their taxes at the comp
trOller's Office and contribute nothing TO
to which they are attached, though en-
titled to slI the privileges and prOtec-
ton of citizenship The opposition
held that 1t would be unjust to
demand Of the tax payers of unOrganiZed
counties to pay taxes for improvements
in the organized counties to which they
were attached, because they might be at
taChed to q dozen different counties
before they were organized.
SURPLUS SCHOOL MONEY.
A bill came up for consideration in the
Senate this morning TO require the county
treasurers of the several counties of the
state, Immediately after the close of the
free schools in their counties, TO repOrtt TO
the board of education the amount Of
surplus of public free school funds on
hand. 1t also provides that the board of
education, in making the pro rata of the
free school fund, shall take into con-
sderatiOn the surplus of the school
fund so reported by the county
treasurers, and deduct the surplus
from the amount due such counties,
pro rating TO those counties less the sur
plus on hand. For failing to report the
surplus, the county treasurer is subject
TO q fine of not less than $780, and every
thirty days constitutes a separate of1ense.
After considerable discussion, the bill
was ordered engrOssed.
APPROPRIATION FOR TIE MILITIA.
During the Consideration of the ger eral
appropriation bill IN the house this morn
my, motion was made TO strike out the
appropriation of $4,000 for the military
companies organized under the laws of
the state, to. pay their travelling expenses
when called out to help the civil authOTi-
ties 10 enforce the law in times of emer-
gencies, when called out by the Governor.
This motion was the occasion of an inter-
estlng debate, during which incidents
were related in the past history of the
state where the military companies rem
dered valuable service, namely: Fort
Worth and benson during the late
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